The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

AN agreement nas Ueen rescued o.
which the affairs Of the Fidelity Bank Of
Cincanuati have been placed entirely In the
hands of the receiver and the charter do
clared forfeited.
TEE stockholders Of the National Con
sumers' Meat Company, OF which the Mar
quis dc Mores 10 the head, recently dled q
consent to the mortga9ing Of the company's
chattels to Morris, Butt & Co, of Kansas
City. The mortgages are the compauy'a
Western agents.
NINETEEN Thousand public school teacher
attended the national convention which -
sembled In Exposition Hall, Chicago, on
the 18th. Three-fourths Of tho1e present
were ladies.
NEMBRRs Of the Southwestern lines met
1t Chicago recently for the purpose Of dis
cassing the demand Of the Chicago & Alton
for . reduction Of grain and other rates
from Kansas City and Missouri river points
to Chicago The discussion resulted in Z
reduction Of the rate ON wheat exc pei
hundred, leaving corn rates as ut present
TIE Cincinnati police court has finally
shut W the shops where the game Of
policy" has been carried on. Heretofore
there have been arrests, but failures to
prove the charges.
II has leaked out that General Manager
Hayes, Of the Wabash Western railway,
when en- route from Chicago to st. Louis,
YVES attacked while asleep In his private
car the other night by an unknown man
who, ut the plstol's point, robbed him Of his
valuables and escaped.
SPECIAL PENSION Examiner CHARLRs 81.
BEHLH, ON duty in Cincinnati, has been
peremptorily removed by telegraph upon
the receipt OF dispatch saying that he had
severely criticised the Presidents rebel
Gag order and his st. Louis letter.
FIELD rats attacked Q man near Detroit,
Mich, recently and killed him. His re-
mains were unrecognisable. The rats also
attacked another man, but he managed to
beat them OF with club after being terri
bly, bitten.
THE trial of the lake front case at Chicago
ended on the 18th. A decision was not ex-
pected for some time.
GENERAL RICHARD RowETT, well-known
turfman and breeder of Southern Illinois,
dropped dead on the Washington Park race
track at Chicago the other day.
A PITCHED battle occurred recently at
youngstown, O., between employees Of the
Pittsburgh & Western and the city authorl-
ties over the right Of way for tracks. The
railroad people were ultimately defeated
and arrests made.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA was recently visited
with very severe rain storms.
JUDGE ROBERT E. CowAN, keeper of the
grand seals, Knights of Pythias, died at st.
Louis on the 18th. He was formerly a
prominent resident of Kansas City.
The prize drill of the Patriarchal Circle
Temple. in attendance at the annual con-
clave Of the Supreme Temple, was held at
Milwaukee on the 18th. The Ridgely
Temple, Of Bloomington, ILL.,, was awarded
first prize; Occidental Temple, of Chicago,
second prize; Pioneer Temple, of Des
Moines, third prize.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL Hunt at Chicago on
the 18th filed information in the circuit
court, complaining of the National Aid So
ciety and National Life Indemnity Associa-
ton. He characterized the business Of
both as being of the "grave yard" order
and said they were lnsolvent.
HEAVY rains have visited Eastern Colo
RADIO recently, and the prospects for fine
crops were never better.
A SUIT for $780, 900 has been commenced
in the United States Court at Chicago by the
Swan Land and Cattle Company, limited, of
Edinburgh, through their solicitors, Swift
& Campbell, against Alexander II. Swan
and Thomas Swan, of Cheyenne; Charles
E. Anthony, Of Peoria; Charles A. Wilson,
of Chatsworth, Ill. and dozen persons of
Chicago. The plaintiffs allege frauds by
the Swan brothers and others.
A TERRIFIC cloud burst occurred in
fucker canyon, near Golden, twenty
miles from Denver, Col, on the 18th. The
canyon was filled with CAMPERS, ore haul
ers, etc, who narrowly escaped with their
lives, losing their teams, vehicles and other
property.
TWELVE sunstrokes were reported in Gin
cinnati on the 18th, four Of which were IA
tai.
A DISEASE supposed to be Texas fever has
broken out AMONG the herd of cattle belong
ing to H. G. Malone, near Springfield. H.,
and several are dying every day. The State
authorities have been notified.
THE SOUTH.
THE recent prohibition election in Rome